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Many big cities in Vietnam are at risk of earthquakes
Across Vietnam's territory, there are 30 areas that can generate earthquakes. The strongest shockwave reached 6.8 Richter levels, enough to knock down houses.
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Earthquake in Pakistan
The 6.4-magnitude quake shook Baluchistan province, near the Afghan border, on 29 October, destroying 2,000 houses in a series of villages.
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American earthquake response exercises
'1,800 people died, 50,000 injured and 200 billion dollars lost' is a scenario of an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale if it happens in Southern California (USA). This sce…
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Continuous earthquakes on the Mexican and American borders
At 1441 (local time) on February 19, an earthquake of magnitude greater than 5 Richter shook the border areas of Mexico and the United States. At present, the authoritie…
Environment
Super seismic, super tsunami threaten Southeast Asia
Large earthquakes off the Sumatra islands, Indonesia on September 12, can lead to a massive earthquake that causes tsunamis, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousan…
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7 days 139 earthquakes
According to the USGS Geological Research Institute of the United States, there have been 139 earthquakes on the earth in the last 7 days, particularly from 740 hrs on t…
Environment
Two earthquakes repeatedly shook southwestern Japan
This morning (April 20), two earthquakes with an initial magnitude of 6.7 richter and 6.2-magnitude measurements shook southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agenc…
Environment
Indonesia struck an earthquake again
The night of 9-3, an earthquake with the initial magnitude of 5.4 Richter shook the province of Papua. There have been no reports of damage and casualties,
Environment
Floods, earthquakes in Indonesia
Yesterday morning (February 2), an earthquake with an initial magnitude of about 5.2 Richter rocked Indonesia's Gorontalo province. Meanwhile, in the capital, Jakarta, t…
Environment
Strong earthquakes in Hawaii
Hawaii has declared a state of emergency following a strong earthquake with magnitudes of up to 6.6 Richter levels. There are no news of the dead but there have been hea…
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Dilapidated scenes in southern Japan after the earthquake of 6.4 Richter scale
Occurring at 21h26 on April 14 (local time) in Kumamoto Prefecture, in the center of Kyushu Island, in southwestern Japan, the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the…
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Image: Italy dissipated after the earthquake
The images recorded in the most severely affected areas show that factories and office buildings collapsed into rubble. Phone calls to emergency services are so overwhel…
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The tallest tower in the world
Thanks to the vibrating center column, the world's tallest tower in Japan is able to stand firm in an earthquake of magnitude up to 8 Richter scale.
Medicine - Health
Alarm for fake birth control pills
Mr. Tamás Ritter - Head of Representative Office of Gedeon Richter LTD (Hungary) in Vietnam - has just announced the situation of counterfeit drugs on the market, and al…
Computer science
Asian Internet connection interrupted because of earthquakes in Taiwan
The earthquake with an initial intensity of between 6.7 and 7.2 richter yesterday cut off some lines of Hong Kong fiber optic cable - China - Taiwan. This force majeure…